Now, he'd loved money for money's sake. He loved the feel of it, not only in his hands, but also in his heart.

And it is a strange thing about love... it is that it can take a strength that would seem otherwise insignificant and transform it into a hardly quenchable power.

It will always take a good deal more courage to do something foolishly dangerous, when it is planned, than when it happens by surprise.

There was not a lot of room for someone like me, who kept the gossip mill running like a hamster wheel.

Inequality can have a bad downside, but equality, for its part, sure does get in the way of coordination.

I absolutely adore Thanksgiving. It's the only holiday I insist on making myself.

Once you've grown up in space, moving on means moving out, not going back to Earth. Nobody wants to be a groundpounder.

I'm always looking for a fresh perspective because it's fun to tell stories that are original and new in some way.

It's the sense of walking back into the Garden of Eden or something like that. Where suddenly everything is perfect and you see how you're connected to everything in the world.

I believe in human beings, and that all human beings should be respected as such, regardless of their color.

The only way to save Social Security is to raise the retirement age.

To have ideas is to gather flowers; to think is to weave them into garlands.

England, Australia, Israel, a few staunch, important allies internationally. But we have lost a lot of international support.